{"id":23647,"date":"2011-12-29T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/manchester-uniteds-phil-jones-backs-blackburn-to-beat-relegation-this-season\/"},"modified":"2011-12-29T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T13:40:00","slug":"manchester-uniteds-phil-jones-backs-blackburn-to-beat-relegation-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/29\/manchester-uniteds-phil-jones-backs-blackburn-to-beat-relegation-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United’s Phil Jones backs Blackburn to beat relegation this season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manchester United<\/a> defender Phil Jones<\/a> is confident his former club Blackburn<\/a> will haul themselves out of their current slump and move away from the relegation zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

The England international believes the Red Devils will have to be at their best against bottom of the table Rovers when the two sides meet at Old Trafford on Saturday if they are to continue to push rivals Manchester City for the Premier League title<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones told the United Review<\/em>: “I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll kick on and things will improve. They\u2019re a lot better than their league position shows. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, they\u2019re at the bottom of the table now.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I\u2019m still a massive fan \u2013 as soon as we come off the pitch I always look to see how Blackburn have got on. I still have a lot of friends at the club.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We won\u2019t find it easy, though. It\u2019s going to be tough. I know what sort of squad Blackburn have and there are some cracking players there. We can\u2019t take them lightly.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones, who played for Blackburn in last season’s 7-1 defeat away to the Red Devils, described the game as “probably the worst day of my football career”, but is now thoroughly enjoying life in Manchester.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: “Ever since I arrived I\u2019ve been made to feel welcome. I\u2019ve settled in quickly and I\u2019m really enjoying my football, probably more so than ever before. I just hope I can continue at United for a very long time.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Manchester United defender Phil Jones is confident his former club Blackburn will haul themselves out of their current slump and move away from the relegation zone. The England international believes the Red Devils will have to be at their best against bottom of the table Rovers when the two sides meet at Old Trafford on Saturday if they are to continue to push rivals Manchester City for the Premier League title Jones told the United Review : “I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll kick on and things will improve. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nManchester United's Phil Jones backs Blackburn to beat relegation this season - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/29\/manchester-uniteds-phil-jones-backs-blackburn-to-beat-relegation-this-season\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United's Phil Jones backs Blackburn to beat relegation this season - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Manchester United defender Phil Jones is confident his former club Blackburn will haul themselves out of their current slump and move away from the relegation zone. 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